COMMUNITY CHOICE ENERGY NEEDS TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY

September 5, 2019

Statement of Sierra Club and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 569 on Mayor Faulconer’s Weak and Deficient Community Choice Energy Proposal

As cities in our region consider Community Choice Energy (CCE), the Sierra Club and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 569 urge elected leaders to ensure the CCE program being created benefits the community and reflects the progressive values of their constituents. This includes transparency, public engagement, equity, and good, local middle-class jobs with prevailing wages and collective bargaining.

We call on our elected leaders and prospective JPA partners to ensure that the creation of one of the largest CCE programs in the state have a governing document that reflects the progressive provisions we have laid out, which are modeled after CCE policies and programs from across California